Tag: protective equipment

Supreme Court favors employer in donning, doffing case

By Tammy Binford Jan 29, 2014 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jan 29, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the employer in a closely watched donning and doffing case. The high court ruled on January 27 that U.S. Steel Corp. did not have to pay a group of employees for time spent changing into and out of certain protective gear. In Sandifer v. U.S. Steel […]

Employees Must Be Paid for Donning, Doffing Required Protective Gear

By Holly Jones, Senior Legal Editor Jun 17, 2010 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jun 17, 2010

Continuing the recently established practice of issuing broadly applicable “Administrator Interpretations” in lieu of wage and hour opinion letters, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Deputy Administrator Nancy Leppink has released the second Administrator Interpretation of 2010. The interpretation, issued June 16, clarifies the definition of “clothes” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), addressing some […]